Ketu in Uttara Ashadha Nakshatra (Ketu in उत्तराषाढ़ा)

Uttara Ashadha, the 21st of the 27 nakshatras, covers 266°40′ – 280°00′ of the sidereal zodiac, across the boundary between Sagittarius and Capricorn. Uttara Ashadha is ruled by the Sun, so Ketu in Uttara Ashadha stands in the Sun’s star.

Ketu’s row in the friendship lists counts the Sun an enemy; the Sun’s row names no node, so the star lord of Uttara Ashadha has no entry for Ketu, and this page does not supply one. The other two nakshatras the Sun rules, Krittika and Uttara Phalguni, put Ketu under the same star lord.

Ketu in Uttara Ashadha, Pada by Pada

By rashi, Ketu in Uttara Ashadha is in a neutral sign in pada 1 (Sagittarius) and in a friend's sign in padas 2, 3 and 4 (Capricorn), because Uttara Ashadha crosses from Sagittarius into Capricorn. By navamsa the four padas fall in Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces. Ketu’s strongest navamsas in Uttara Ashadha are padas 2 (Capricorn, in a friend's sign) and 3 (Aquarius, in a friend's sign), and its weakest are padas 1 (Sagittarius, in a neutral sign) and 4 (Pisces, in a neutral sign).

Uttara Ashadha pada 1 is vargottama — Sagittarius in rashi and in navamsa — so Ketu there is in a neutral sign on both counts. Uttara Ashadha pada 2 is vargottama — Capricorn in rashi and in navamsa — so Ketu there is in a friend's sign on both counts. Of the 108 padas only twelve are vargottama, one for each sign.

The classical table of deepest exaltation and debilitation degrees covers the seven grahas and gives Ketu none, so for Ketu in Uttara Ashadha no degree of special dignity can be located; the sign-level verdicts above carry the hedge the planet pages use for Ketu.

When Ketu Is in Uttara Ashadha, 2026–2028

Ketu does not enter Uttara Ashadha at any point between 1 January 2026 and 1 January 2029. It stands in Purva Phalguni when the table opens and in Ardra when it closes, having visited 6 of the 27 nakshatras, and from Ardra Uttara Ashadha is 12 nakshatras further, counted backwards, the way the nodes move. So Ketu in Uttara Ashadha is, for these years, a birth-chart placement and not a transit anyone can wait for.

Uttara Ashadha as the Setting for Ketu

In the nakshatra tables Uttara Ashadha’s deity is listed as Vishvedevas and its symbol as elephant tusk; its gana is Manushya, and the muhurta texts put it in the Dhruva class (fixed). Those belong to Uttara Ashadha whichever graha is in it, and they are read on the Uttara Ashadha page. What changes with Ketu is everything above: the dignities in Sagittarius and Capricorn, the relation to the Sun, and the dates. None of it is a prediction for anyone born with Ketu in Uttara Ashadha; the house it occupies and the dasha running decide what the placement does in a chart.

Related Placements

The sign-level reading is on Ketu in Sagittarius and Ketu in Capricorn; Ketu in all 27 nakshatras is on the Ketu nakshatra table. For the nakshatras themselves, see the 27 nakshatras guide and astrology for beginners.

The Other Grahas in Uttara Ashadha